The Real Heiress Has an Appraisal System

"Highest bidder wins. Nothing wrong with that. If I were the streamer, I’d sell it too."

"The haters are just salty. If they’re that sour, they might as well go pickle some chicken feet."

"..."

Gu Shengsheng was a streamer. Now, the doorman was telling her that people were still trickling in. Some had even started setting up tents by the apartment entrance, just waiting to see if she would come out.

’How could she not be scared?’

She was all alone, and despite having incredible skills, there were so many people gambling on getting to her.

’She wasn’t stupid...’

She quickly started a live stream. "Everyone has probably seen the news online, right? I sold my account ID to LG Group, and there’s a profit-sharing agreement for the future."

"Sorry, everyone. The highest bidder wins. I always choose to sell to the highest offer."

"To those who wanted to negotiate a price with me, and to those who got my information from who-knows-where: please don’t come here. It creates unnecessary trouble. Thank you all."

It was clean and direct. After she finished, she chatted with her viewers for a bit before logging off.

None of her viewers cursed her out. That’s just how selling things works. Was she supposed to sell to some holier-than-thou keyboard warrior online instead of the highest bidder?

"Streamer, you did the right thing! And for those cursing you out, just stop. They’re just salty haters who couldn’t get the same benefits."

"Streamer, make more money! Go get that cash!"

"What a pity. I didn’t get to buy it."

Occasionally, some programmers would come out wailing and howling, but they truly couldn’t fork over as much money as LG.

There was nothing to be salty about.

What was past was past.

Right after she ended the stream, the police contacted her. "Miss Gu, you shouldn’t leave your home for the next few days. A lot of people have come looking for you, and there have been several fights and brawls. Your residential community has good security, so just stay at home."

"Okay." Gu Shengsheng was very cooperative. After all, she was also afraid of something going wrong.

’Who knew what kind of shady characters were mixed in with the crowd?’

So, for the next two days, she stayed home and ordered takeout. Occasionally, Chen Yufan and Liu Li would bring her food or invite her over to eat. They had a very good relationship.

It was just that Chen Yuxi’s health hadn’t been great lately. She was recuperating in the hospital and would only be back in a few days.

Gu Shengsheng found herself missing the little girl. ’I wonder if she’s gained a little weight, or if she’s... started to move on a little?’

-

After waiting for the situation to blow over and repeatedly confirming with the police that there were no more issues, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Most of the people who came looking for her were either unwilling to give up or, due to a lack of information, didn’t know the account had already been sold.

After Gu Shengsheng announced it on her stream, many of them left.

And while some programmers did have heaven-defying skills, they wouldn’t do anything illegal. Once they knew there was no hope, they simply went home.

They cared even less about things like antique appraisal.

Her life returned to the peaceful routine of a streamer.

Her followers were relentlessly demanding another stream. Ever since she’d lucked into finding that book—a street stall item, no less—and made 20 million US dollars, her online image had been completely deified.

Many people outside her usual circle had heard about her.

Gu Shengsheng had disappeared for several more days without streaming online.

So her private messages were flooded.

When things had settled down, she went online and discovered her follower count had risen to 150,000. Most were just there for the spectacle; there were few sincere fans. A lot of them were just there to see the beautiful streamer who was raking in cash.

Gu Shengsheng chatted with her viewers as she headed out, glancing up at the sky.

She was just about to share how blue the sky was with her viewers.

But when she pointed her phone’s camera at the sky, she noticed what looked like a small black dot on the rooftop.

Viewers: "Streamer, someone’s about to jump!"

"Holy crap, for real! What’s going on? Hurry up and stop her! That little girl already has one leg over the edge!"

"..." Gu Shengsheng didn’t have time to look closer.

She sprinted toward the other building unit and ran right into Chen Yufan as he was coming out while she was trying to call the elevator.

"Sister Gu, my sister’s missing!" Chen Yufan was a crying mess.

Gu Shengsheng gasped, "The roof, the roof... someone’s about to jump."

She was out of breath as she pulled Chen Yufan inside. "I saw the striped shirt... it’s Yu Xi."

"Yes. It’s her..."

Seeing Chen Yufan in a blind panic, Gu Shengsheng said, "I’ve already called the police. They’ll figure something out. Let’s go and try to talk her down first."

The two of them took the elevator to the top floor, then climbed the stairs to the rooftop.

The wind was strong. A thin little girl in a pink striped shirt was straddling the railing.

Chen Yufan was about to speak, but Gu Shengsheng covered his mouth.

The little girl was humming, "The sky is dark~ it’s going to rain... the sky is dark, dark, dark~"

Gu Shengsheng gestured for Chen Yufan to stay calm before letting go of her hand.

Then, Chen Yufan called out softly, "Little sis, why did you run so far? Are you playing hide-and-seek with me?"

"I found you. You have to come home with me now."

He acted as if it were completely natural, like they were just playing a game and it was time to go home.

Chen Yuxi turned her head mechanically and said to him, "This isn’t hide-and-seek."

"I’m leaving, Brother." She was very calm, her eyes filled with clarity.

Gu Shengsheng could feel that she was completely lucid at this moment.

When she was first rescued, she had been in a daze, unaware of anything that was happening.

But as her treatment progressed, she slowly began to remember. She remembered the past, and she even... remembered the times she was violated.

And so, Chen Yuxi couldn’t accept this version of herself.

After speaking to her brother, Chen Yuxi looked at Gu Shengsheng. "Sister Gu, you’re here too."

"Yu Xi," Gu Shengsheng called out. "This time, I’ve come to take you home too."

Chen Yuxi continued to swing her legs. The little girl who had always been afraid of heights now seemed to fear nothing at all.

"Sister Gu, I’m truly grateful that you got me out of there. I don’t have to live like an object anymore, an object for people to... vent... on."

Chen Yuxi started to cry, the tears just falling.

Then she turned her head away, looking indifferent. "I don’t want to be unclean anymore. I’m too dirty, Sister Gu. You wouldn’t understand, so don’t try to talk me out of it."

She truly didn’t know how to convince herself to keep living...

She was trash now, worthless mud. The most fitting end for her was to fall into a swamp and sink to the very bottom.

Not to be stuck in that swamp while people kept pulling at her, trying to drag her out. But she couldn’t get out. She was covered in mud, and no matter how she washed, she could never get clean.

Tears also fell from Gu Shengsheng’s eyes.

She said, "Yu Xi."

"Come here. Sister Gu still has something to tell you," she said patiently.

"No. Sister Gu, back then, you said you’d take me away, and I saw sunlight from that sunless cellar. But now... I still want to see the sun, to see the sky. If I jump from here, the wind will carry me, and it will all be over. That way, I can still be the best version of Yu Xi."

"Yu Xi, are you really going to abandon your brother?" Chen Yufan sat on the ground, his face in his hands, his shoulders trembling.

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